Wednesday, June 22, 2011

From Fatherless to Fatherhood is a documentary by Kobie Brown which explores the impact and necessity of having a positive male role model present throughout a child's life, especially within the black community. The film takes a look into the lives of several men and reveals their experiences as fathers and youth.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Drake's Marvin's Room track has been getting a lot of buzz. The song is about a drunken phone call from Drake to his ex, and several female songstresses have stepped up to the plate to give their take on the situation from the other end of the phone line or in TT's case from Her Room.

So, here is Drake's version along with JoJo, Rochelle Jordan, and Teyana Taylor's.

I personally like Jordan's best, but that Ex-Factor line at the end of Taylor's kinda hooked me.

In all of this I just have one question: Who the heck is Marvin?I'll just assume he's that nigga that she loves so bad.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Inside my head there lives a dream that I want to see in the sun Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long 'Cause I've been, too afraid to let it show 'Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow Always putting off my living for tomorrow It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face It's been elusive for so long, but freedom is mine today I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my face Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found

Strength, courage, and wisdom And it's been inside of me all along, Strength, courage, and wisdom Inside of me

Behind my pride there lives a me, that knows humility Inside my voice there is a soul, and in my soul there is a voice But I've been, too afraid to make a choice 'Cause I'm scared of the things that I might be missing Running too fast to stop and listen

It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face It's been elusive for so long but freedom is mine today I've gotta step out on faith it's time to show my face Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found

Strength, courage, and wisdom And it's been inside of me all along, Strength, courage, and wisdom Inside of me

I close my eyes and I think of all the things that I want to see 'Cause I know, now that I've opened up my heart I know that Anything I want can be, so let it be, so let it be:.

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest lyricists/poets/visionaries of our time, Tupac Shakur!I dedicate this post to the memory of Pac and here's one of my all time faves.

Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juiceI say the darker the flesh then the deeper the rootsI give a holler to my sisters on welfareTupac cares, if don't nobody else careAnd uh, I know they like to beat ya down a lotWhen you come around the block brothas clown a lotBut please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let upForgive but don't forget, girl keep your head upAnd when he tells you you ain't nothin don't believe himAnd if he can't learn to love you you should leave himCause sista you don't need himAnd I ain't tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see emYou know it makes me unhappy (what's that)When brothas make babies, and leave a young mother to be a pappyAnd since we all came from a womanGot our name from a woman and our game from a womanI wonder why we take from our womenWhy we rape our women, do we hate our women?I think it's time to kill for our womenTime to heal our women, be real to our womenAnd if we don't we'll have a race of babiesThat will hate the ladies, that make the babiesAnd since a man can't make oneHe has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one So will the real men get upI know you're fed up ladies, but keep your head up

Ayo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta meHe had me feelin like black was the thing to beAnd suddenly ghetto didn't seem so toughAnd though we had it rough, we always had enoughI huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rulesRan with the local crew, and had a smoke or twoAnd I realize momma really paid the priceShe nearly gave her life, to raise me rightAnd all I had ta give her was my pipe dreamOf how I'd rock the mic, and make it to the bright screenI'm tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen centsIt's hard to be legit and still pay ya rentAnd in the end it seems I'm last headin for the penI try and find my friends, but they're blowin in the windLast night my buddy lost his whole familyIt's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanityIt seems the rain'll never let upI try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet upYou know it's funny when it rains it poursThey got money for wars, but can't feed the poor Say there ain't no hope for the youth and the truth isit ain't no hope for the futureAnd then they wonder why we crazyI blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby We ain't meant to survive, cause it's a setup And even though you're fed upHuh, ya got to keep your head up

Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easierooooo child things are gonna get brighterKeep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easierooooo child things are gonna get brighter

And uhTo all the ladies havin babies on they ownI know it's kinda rough and you're feelin all aloneDaddy's long gone and he left you by ya lonesomeThank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want emCause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sureAnd if you fall, stand tall and comeback for moreCause ain't nothin worse than when your sonwants to kno why his daddy don't love him no mo'You can't complain you was dealt thishell of a hand without a man, feelin helplessBecause there's too many things for you to deal withDying inside, but outside you're looking fearlessWhile tears, is rollin down your cheeksYa steady hopin things don't all down this weekCause if it did, you couldn't take it, and don't blame meI was given this world I didn't make itAnd now my son's gettin older and older and coldFrom havin the world on his shouldersWhile the rich kids is drivin BenzI'm still tryin to hold on to my survivin friendsAnd it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, butplease... you got to keep your head up!

Monday, June 13, 2011

As much as I hate can't stand Lil Wayne and will not endorse anything he represents. He advocates the absolute wrong messages in his music and his image, regardless of what he really feels/believes, his lifestyle is misleading.All that said (lol), I heard this song in the car on the way home one night and it really hit me. At first, I felt compelled to change the station at the sound of his voice, but then as I was listening to the lyrics, it really resonated with me. Its so honest and alerted me to some unspoken self feelings/reservations/understandings. So, I had to give in to this one song (after that I'm ignoring him again lol). Anyways, this song speaks to the insecurities/self-esteem (self-worth) issues so many young women suffer. Guess he finally found a way to get through to us self-acclaimed good girls. But this'll be the one song I'll acknowledge him for.

About Me

UCLA Alumni. Graduate Student. Elementary School Teacher. Social Justice Educator. South Central Native. Derrick Rose aficionado. Not afraid to make mistakes. Cause when I stumble off the path I know my ❥ will guide me back.
Love Fashion, Food, and Film/Photography.
My inspirations are Kimora Lee, Liya Kebede, Zoe Saldana, Meagan Good, Pharrell Williams, KanYe West...
I'm a music fiend! Music is like oxygen to me. I can't live without it!